China will finance investments in Hungary?
Economic Development Minister Márton Nagy has met Liu Jin, the president of the Bank of China, for talks during his official visit to China, his ministry said on Friday.
Li Kexin, the CEO of Bank of China Magyarország, also travelled to Beijing for the talks, the ministry said in a statement. The sides discussed the state of Hungarian-Chinese financial and economic ties, including challenges, and possible areas in which cooperation could be expanded, such as financing for investments.
Hungary wants to become a regional financial hub that could serve as a bridgehead for Chinese financial institutions, Nagy said. Hungary has fostered “excellent ties” with Chinese lenders who already have a presence in the country: Bank of China, China Construction Bank Corporation, China Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), he added. Chinese companies provide the livelihood for around 16,000 Hungarian families, the ministry said.
Big mistake, if true. Look at the fruits of Chinese “investments” in so many places in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Yes, they bring in the money in the short run, but the long-term repercussions are devastating. You basically become their colony. Nothing is worth that.
The Chinese Communist Party gives nothing for free. As Mr Steiner said, a huge mistake, and Orbán could learn from Chinese history in other countries.
Hungary slowly becomes a colony of China, with a growing number of powerful Chinese migrants. Unforgivable!
It is beyond me why Orbán is working with hardline communists as the present Chinese leadership, or maybe the answer is pretty simple.